Tempted to delete my Paragon

Durik Lakmor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

Missouri

Pearl of Great Price

R/Mo

I have a level 20 Paragon, Assassin, Dervish, Ranger, Monk and Elementalist.

I have barely touched my Paragon since beating NF with him, it is awfully tempting to delete him to make a new character, though I don't know what I'd make.

Looking for suggestions on either what to do to make the Para worth keeping or what character class to replace him with (note: I mostly pve)

Jetdoc

Jetdoc

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Jul 2005

The Eyes of Texas [BEVO]

D/A

Check out the Paragon section of the PvE build section, and I think you'll come up with many ideas for saving your Paragon from deletion.

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

I would of posted this in the Paragon forum and ask them what you should do about it and get suggestions.I did this on another forum about my Rit which and thinking of deleting although I do enjoy playing Rit just want a rerole.

thejerk

thejerk

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2006

I had deleted a level 20 ele and im regretting it big time now. The thing is that they always nerf or buff certain chars to make them equally enjoyable so if ur not liking ur paragon now that could easily change with some new skills or some old skill tweaks. Personally if u dont have any more character slots left I would delete the Paragon and make a NECRO (favorite char in the game) or a Warrior (another good choice), but if you do have the room i think erasing a level 20 char could be a bad decision.

Shmanka

Shmanka

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

In Your Head

The Brave Will Fall [Nion]

Me/

Delete the paragon and make a mesmer...

ca_aok

ca_aok

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2006

Xen of Onslaught

E/Me

I agree... I recently deleted my paragon and built a mesmer... much more entertaining. True you'll have a hard time getting a pug, but pugs suck anyway, so grab some guildees and go pwn some monsters.

cellardweller

cellardweller

Likes naked dance offs

Join Date: Aug 2005

The Older Gamers [TOG]

Why delete? Just create a new one and mule the old. In a few months time they'll buff the heck out of some paragon skill or some killer farming build will be discovered and you'll want it back .

BogusDude

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

MARA

R/

If you only have the 6 slots and you wanna try something different go for it. I've deleted a few before and never regretted it despite making new ones since. You won't loose any unlocked skills by deleting it and your /age won't be effected.
I love my Mesmer too but if your after a more rounded character you can't fail with a necro.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

I deleted my Paragon last week. I didn't enjoy playing it, simple as that. Hitting it with the nerf bat didn't help, so I decided to try my hand at Dervish. I'm having a much better time with this one!

Making a Mesmer would be a very good way to go. I have a blast whenever I'm playing mine and all that nonsense about "Mesmers don't belong in PvE" is just that, nonsense! (I get more invites into guilds [happy with my guild, TYVM!] when playing my Mesmer in PvE than playing any other profession.)

JoeKnowMo

JoeKnowMo

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2005

Wessst Siiide, USA

Mo/

Paragons are a lot of fun and extremely versatile if you can coordinate your heroes' builds to synergize with your skills. Once you get Morgahn you can create some pretty nice skill combos.

Try out the ToF axe build in the paragon forum. Sadly, the variety of builds in the paragon forum are lacking here at guru. There are plenty more builds in the paragon forum on gwonline.

Their versatility keeps paragons fun for me. If you'd like to find one uber build and just play that build over and over, you're better off deleting your paragon and making a new class.

VitisVinifera

VitisVinifera

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2005

Northern California

HoTR

N/Me

agree with cellar: make him a mule. Since anet refuses to really address the storage issue, chances are you'll need the space sooner or later.

King's Spectre

King's Spectre

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Syracuse, NY, USA

The Amazon Basin (AB)

W/

They don't make half bad spearchuckers now..

baddog992

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

tsa

E/

I play a mesmer/monk never had any trouble getting into a group, everyone loves a monk. Also I have a paragon character and I love playin him even though he is gettin a bad beaten with a nerf bat from anet.

fallot

I'm the king

Join Date: Nov 2005

Aussie Trolling Crew: Grand Phallus and Chairman Pro Tempore

They're stupidly powerful, why would you want to delete something with massive defense, good offense and warrior armor (with a permanent IAS and nearly unlimited energy) ?

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

The only decent Paragon build that hasn't been nerfed.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

made mine a mule. the dervish I deleted---made another ele.
I am changing the 2ndary of my rit from ele to paragon just so I can unlock the skills (I dont use my 2ndary on my rit anyways).....wasnt impresssed with the class.

shadowmist

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2006

Sanctity of Shadows

N/Me

I actually would suggest buying another character slot. Back in the days before character slots, I deleted characters all the time... only to regret their deletion later. Now I run 10 PvE slots plus 1 PvP slot, and I don't regret it. It saves time in the long run, and prevents those regrets you might get from deletion.

I really don't see what's wrong with a paragon, their pretty strong. I think they took a nerf because they synched too much with other classes. And really, it's not like its the end of the world for them. My paragon still does more than fine.

P.S. Someone said that Anet refused to address the storage issue... Let me ask you this. If they're refusing to address it, then what were the material storage and festival hat storage updates? We got a lot more storage. But I do agree we need more storage slots...

Zinger314

Zinger314

Debbie Downer

Join Date: May 2006

N/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowmist
P.S. Someone said that Anet refused to address the storage issue... Let me ask you this. If they're refusing to address it, then what were the material storage and festival hat storage updates? We got a lot more storage. But I do agree we need more storage slots... Material Storage was originally intended as a gimmick to buy Factions. (at that time, it was only available to Factions users) Hat "storage" is a politically incorrect definition; it allows all characters to access a hat without the character itself to attend the event. However, it's not "storage."

strcpy

strcpy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

One of Many [ONE]

In my experience I have regretted every character that has progressed very far in any of the chapters that I deleted. I always end up wanting that class again after some build is found or a later skill buff.

If you like the game then purchasing a character slots is no big deal, I now have one of each profession and a PvP slot. At least now with heroes you are not a total waste in PvE if you delete it, unlocks count for something.

Since this character is through with at least one chapter I would keep it and use it as a mule. I'm still waiting for smiting monks to get a good buff and until then she is a mule - though that has been the only character that has not been reused at some point.

Shadow of Light

Shadow of Light

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2006

Australia

Mo/

I deleted my warrior once she finished Prophecies, and regretted it afterwards.

Mostly because she was my oldest char and I missed out on the first wave of minipets... >.>

boxterduke

boxterduke

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2005

Walking the ruins of Ascalon

DVDF

Me/

I always keep thinking about deleting my paragon, the stupid run they do and the view from the back.
But what keeps him is that I do /dance and that just saves him

chicks boy

chicks boy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

No guild

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Durik Lakmor
I have a level 20 Paragon, Assassin, Dervish, Ranger, Monk and Elementalist.

I have barely touched my Paragon since beating NF with him, it is awfully tempting to delete him to make a new character, though I don't know what I'd make.

Looking for suggestions on either what to do to make the Para worth keeping or what character class to replace him with (note: I mostly pve) Lol is this a stupid question? Of course delete you're paragon lol. Who cares if you have a 15k armor for you're paragon, who cares if you have survivor in you're paragon, who cares you used him for extra storage store, just delete it. Thats what I did. So yes go delete it! Dont hesitate.

SotiCoto

SotiCoto

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

Drazach Thicket

Temple of Zhen Xianren [Sifu]

Why bother?

Buy more character slots.
I've been fairly poor myself from time to time, but its never been a problem to spare £6 for an extra character.

I presently have 11 character slots... 1 for every class except Ranger... which I have two of.... Its not that I like using Rangers; I think they look daft... so I use them as storage (yes, I have two storage-rangers).

Sooner or later, once I've actually done well with all character classes, I might get more slots to try different genders, different campaign beginnings.... etc.

But to delete?

Only time I ever deleted a character, he was at level 7 and I didn't like the name I'd given him. I remade him to rename him... and regretted that too since the colour system had just changed and "orange" had become more skanky yellowish.

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Durik Lakmor
I have a level 20 Paragon, Assassin, Dervish, Ranger, Monk and Elementalist.

I have barely touched my Paragon since beating NF with him, it is awfully tempting to delete him to make a new character, though I don't know what I'd make.

Looking for suggestions on either what to do to make the Para worth keeping or what character class to replace him with (note: I mostly pve) If you don't like your Paragon, delete it now! Looking at professions you have, I will never delete: Ranger, Monk and Elementalist.; Core professions are perfect.

Pick Me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2006

Thornill, ON, Canada

THE CANUCK MONKS (TCM)

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by boxterduke
I always keep thinking about deleting my paragon, the stupid run they do and the view from the back.
But what keeps him is that I do /dance and that just saves him Wow! The /dancenew was the only reason I deleted my Paragon. I created a female Paragon and she doesn't look that bad doing the dance. The male paragon just didn't look right doing that dance.

Don't bother deleting your paragon, unless you just started it. If you have a lvl 20 paragon, don't delete, I mean you may need the skills unlocked, you wasted so much money on equipment, and all that time spent on doing quests. Don't delete a character just because its no long fun, it may become fun at a later time.

If you don't know what to create next, you may just end up deleting that character too. As stated before, buy a new character slot and think about what you wish to play next.

NeHoMaR

NeHoMaR

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Pick Me
... buy a new character slot and think about what you wish to play next. Some people, specially ones outside USA doesn't have that "consumerism" mind and/or doesn't have a credit card.

About money in-game (gold) doesn't really matter when you know a character can make enough gold by itself for buy max armor and skills just playing game. You don't lose too much deleting a PvE character, at least is +1 year old with all elites captured, obsidian armor, hard to get tittles, etc.

Offtopic: Why is Obsidian Armor and not Ecto Armor? ^_^

wsmcasey

wsmcasey

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right behind you.

HeRo

W/Rt

Quote:
Originally Posted by BogusDude
If you only have the 6 slots and you wanna try something different go for it. I've deleted a few before and never regretted it despite making new ones since. You won't loose any unlocked skills by deleting it and your /age won't be effected.
I love my Mesmer too but if your after a more rounded character you can't fail with a necro.
The /age of your account wont be affected, but you wont get a mini pet if that character doesnt make it to its 1 year birthday

Etta

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

To the OP.

At the end of the day, it's all up to you. Delete or not to, if you don't enjoy playing that Paragon anymore then go ahead and do it.

Age

Age

Hall Hero

Join Date: Jul 2005

California Canada/BC

STG Administrator

Mo/

You may want to hold off untill chapter 4 when new skills come out for them as for now just park it up in garage and use it for storage.